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Well I dodged a bullet yesterday. After several phone calls with no result, I pulled the bike out, did the tyres, the chain, the gears, sorted my gloves, water, a map, snacks, and got underway. Ten minutes down the road I get a call back and , after a little too and fro, abandon theContinue reading “The Revenge of It’s a Dog’s Life Today”

Well after last nights late finish – maybe 11/ 11:30 ? I’m on my third coffee and staring with some satisfaction at the (as yet) unrecycled beer can, and the heap (3) of plastic trays that chippies come in, scattered all over the ….bin. I don’t have a plan for today. I’ve been kind ofContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life Today V (This time it’s personal!)”

Well that’s them away. In a very typically Scottish environment, I stood blinded by the April sun as I was scraping the ice off the windows amid the odd flury of snow. God speed… With my awesome “packing a vehicle” skill (one of my real superpowers), they all fit without any parts sticking out theContinue reading “It’s a Dogs Life Today Strikes Back!”

I got my pickaxe/mattock (not the same thing). A dinky one handed one, suitable for the task, and immediately uncovered a (sewage?) pipe. Thus work is paused. Carefully unraveling the lengthy strings of old garden lights, occupies a completely unreasonable amount of time, untill it occurs to me that – I’m not even going toContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life Today Returns”

It’s early, I was really hoping today would be the “long lie in day” but a run of 5 o’clock rises for day shift seems to have set in as a pattern, Tomorrow when I do need to be up, I’m sure I’ll be sound….. A vaguely weekly Dog’s life lets me digest and considerContinue reading “It’s A Dog’s Life Today too?”

I’m on holiday. Several days away from the coalface of public transport and accuracy, and as it happens, my wife, and slightly to my surprise, both boys, are going to visit her many relatives in the islands. I will be remaining here at Kilmarnock HQ with a lengthy task list, items of entertainment and personalContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life, Today”

I grew up in a house where the TV was the boss. We usually ate to the accompanyment of the News and “Nationwide”, and woe betide anyone who spoke through the weather. (Which was invariably; “possibly a bit of everything, with some rain” – that’s Scotland for you.) We had a VCR from my teenageContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life 67”

It’s been all about work this last week, my actual -day(night) job. While I frequently allude to these wage earning hours I don’t particularly ramble on about what I do, however sometimes there is just as much dogs life in those moments, as in any random falling down the stairs…. (I am a “Taxi Controller”Continue reading “It’s a Dogs Life 66”

(2 days late and a dollar short) I have not, infact, been drafted to serve in the Donbass, nor have I yet been the subject of a hack by Putin’s electronic hatchet men. No, just work, well work and a new car, well nightshift , new car , anniversary, and more work; equalls, scant minutesContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life”

I(we) have to buy a new(er) car. Ideally it will be an estate, with an automatic gearbox (Chris’ sole requirement), less than 9 years old, and maybe a hybrid….. Frankly we were a bit amazed that the old one passed the MOT. We had prepared mentally for an uneconomic figure for work needing done, butContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life 63”